Wisteria Tree

I made them take a picture of this tree because we don’t have them in Florida and we should.

Valencia Day 1

We arrived in Valencia around noon and met Lennox in La Plaza de la Virgen (pictures to come). After lunch at this incredible Brazilian café, we took the tram to the beach. It was beautiful and my first glimpse of the Mediterranean. They have a market along the beach and an oddly modern pier built for the America’s Cup.

Castle

Cathedral

Segovia

Today we visited Segovia, about an hour outside of Madrid. It was a strong hold of Ferdinand and Isabella and we even got to see the small chapel where Isabella was crowned queen. We first visited the Roman aqueducts, made without any mortar and still perfect after 2,000 years. We also saw the main cathedral, built in the late gothic style after the first one was burned in an uprising against King Charles. Lastly, we visited the castle for which Segovia is famous. It is rumored to be the castle that Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is based on and its really impressive on the outside but less so on the inside.

Tomorrow I’m off to Valencia to see Lennox!